Brian Head
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Brian Head rises to 3,443 m in Utah. Sidney Peaks stands 3,308 m to the northeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mammoth Summit, a peak 1.1 miles away. Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Brian Head, at 11,312 feet (3,448 m) high, is the highest peak on the Markagunt Plateau and in Iron County in southwestern Utah, United States. Brian Head Peak is located east of Cedar City and just north of Cedar Breaks National Monument in Dixie National Forest. The town of Brian Head at the western base of the mountain is the location of the Brian Head Ski Resort. Brian Head has the name of a government surveyor. There is a Forest Service lookout on the peak that was built in 1934–1935, and there is also a road to the summit that can be driven in summer.
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Wikidata Q4964000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3443 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway, National
- 1.9 mi off the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway
- 6.7 mi off the Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Mt Carmel Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- North View Overlook · 2 mi
- Chessmen Ridge Overlook · 3 mi
- Sunset View Overlook · 4 mi
- Point Supreme Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mammoth Summit: 1.1 mi
- Navajo Point: 1.9 mi
- Sidney Peaks: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Breaks: 3.4 mi
- Meadow Hill: 3.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 6.3 mi
- Lundale Spring: 6.5 mi
- Olsen Spring: 10.2 mi
- Boy Scout Spring: 10.2 mi
- Navajo Lake Spring: 10.6 mi
- Bristlecone Park: 1.3 mi
- Wood Ranch Recreational Area: 7.6 mi
- Parowan Front Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Pioneer Heritage Park: 10.7 mi
- Lions Park: 11.0 mi
- Bristlecone Park: 1.2 mi
- Alpine Pond: 3.1 mi
- Square Arch: 4.3 mi
- Cedar Breaks National Monument Visitor Center: 4.7 mi
- Kane County Highpoint: 9.5 mi
- The Highleap: 2.4 mi
- Wasatch Rampart: 4.9 mi
- Strawberry Point: 7.8 mi
- Jump-up: 16.7 mi
- Graff Point: 17.6 mi
- Brian the Bear: 1.3 mi
- Fred C. Adams: 12.8 mi
- Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank: 13.0 mi
- The Centurium: 13.2 mi
- Old Sorrel: 13.2 mi
- Lowder Family Cabins: 2.4 mi
- Hwy 14 waypoint: 6.2 mi
- Deseret Iron Works: 12.5 mi
- Henry Lunt Roadside Park: 21.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 21.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Creek Waterfall: 5.0 mi
- Lake Creek Waterfall: 5.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.0 mi
- 2nd Falls End of Hike: 20.0 mi
- Lower Kanarra Falls: 20.2 mi
- Parowan's Old Rock Church: 11.1 mi
- Frontier Homestead State Park Museum: 12.7 mi
- Southern Utah Museum of Art: 12.8 mi
- The Museum of Composite Propellant Hobby Rocketry: 14.1 mi
- Hatch Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 21.7 mi
- Lunt Park North Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Kanarraville South Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Kanarraville North Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Shingle Creek Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Bartizan Arch: 4.8 mi
- Double Arch Alcove: 23.8 mi
- Student Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- SUU Native Plant Center: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Brian Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Peaks | NE 51° | 3,308 m | 2.3 mi |
| Blowhard Mountain | SSW 195° | 3,224 m | 6.2 mi |
| Horse Valley Peak | NE 42° | 3,223 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hancock Peak | SE 131° | 3,222 m | 5.0 mi |
| Navajo Point | W 281° | 3,221 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mammoth Summit | SSW 201° | 3,184 m | 1.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 217° | 3,159 m | 9.7 mi |
| Gooseberry Point | S 186° | 3,153 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:18 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:36 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 41 | 52 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brian Head, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356677629
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- Zion National Park · 29 mi
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